José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júniorhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI3oOc0VAAAr_iv.jpg (, born 9 September 1986), commonly anglicized as Jose Aldo, is a retired Brazilian professional

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. He last competed in the

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(UFC) in the

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division after previously competing at

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, and was the fourth and final WEC Featherweight Champion. He became the first

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following the UFC/WEC merger. Aldo is widely considered as one of the best mixed martial artists of all-time, and as the greatest featherweight ever after defending his UFC title seven times and his WEC title twice. After his first MMA defeat in November 2005, Aldo remained undefeated for over a decade, winning 18 straight fights until

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in December 2015, when he lost to Conor Mcgregor. He was named

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's 2009 Fighter of the Year. In Sherdog's April 2017 pound-for-pound ranking, Aldo was called "the greatest featherweight in mixed martial arts history."

Background

José Aldo was born on 9 September 1986, in Manaus,

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. As an infant, Aldo was dropped onto a barbecue, leaving a permanent scar on the left side of his face. Throughout his teen years, he was keen on football and wanted to become a professional. His aspirations were supported by his father. But Aldo grew tired of getting beaten up in fights on the street, thus starting to train

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to learn ways to defend himself better in brawls. Aldo used to train capoeira on the streets after the classes, once gaining attention of a Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainer. He invited Aldo to try one session of jiu-jitsu and after the session, Aldo decided to leave capoeira to start training jiu-jitsu. At the age of 17, Aldo moved from Manaus to

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having only his clothes with him and determination to train

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there until he achieved something in the sport. He is a teammate and training partner of former UFC Bantamweight champion

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at Nova União.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Known by the nickname "Junior", José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior fought his first professional MMA fight at the age of 17 at EcoFight 1 on 10 August 2004. He fought fellow countryman and newcomer Mário Bigola, whom he defeated by knockout in just 16 seconds into the first round. It would be Bigola's first and only professional fight. Aldo fought fellow Brazilian Hudson Rocha, in his second fight for

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Brazil. The fight was ended by a doctor stoppage at the end of the first round due to a cut over Rocha's left eye, which was caused by a flying knee thrown by Aldo followed by a barrage of punches. Rocha was able to get back to his feet only to be met with more strikes and a knee before Aldo kicked his legs out from under him. Five months later he fought MMA newcomer Luiz de Paula at Shooto – Brazil 7. Aldo took de Paula down in the clinch early on in the fight. He quickly gained mount, where he rained down punches before transitioning to an

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, forcing de Paula to tap at 1:54 of the first round. Aldo spent the next several years jumping from organization to organization. He next fought Vale Tudo and Shooto veteran Aritano Silva Barbosa, who had lost four of his last five fights, at Rio MMA Challenge 1 on 12 May 2005. Aldo landed two knees to the chin of Barbosa in the opening seconds of the fight, sending him to the canvas where Aldo swarmed with punches. Barbosa attempted a single-leg takedown, but Aldo pulled away and threw two soccer kicks to the prone Barbosa before the referee stopped the fight at twenty seconds of the first round, awarding Aldo the victory via knockout. Less than two months later Aldo fought newcomer Anderson Silvério at Meca World Vale Tudo 12. He also defeated Silvério with soccer kicks, 8:33 into the first round. Aldo then traveled to England, where he fought Micky Young at FX3- Battle of Britain on 15 October 2005. He defeated Young just 1:05 into the first round by TKO (punches).

Loss to Azevedo

Only a month later, in November 2005, Aldo went up a weight class to lightweight and fought respected Luta Livre black belt Luciano Azevedo at Jungle Fight 5. Aldo won the first round, winning most of the exchanges with solid combinations and leg kicks and stuffing Azevedo's numerous takedown attempts (he was nearly taken down early in the round, but appeared to purposefully fall out of the ropes to force a restart from the referee), as well as landing a solid knee as Azevedo went for a takedown. Aldo shrugged off Azevedo's first few takedown attempts in the second but was eventually taken down against the ropes by a double leg. Aldo raised his hips up looking for

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and other submissions, but Azevedo easily defended. Azevedo soon passed to half-guard and

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. He then transitioned to

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. Aldo quickly gave up his back and rolled into the ropes. The referee restarted the fight in the center of the ring, where Azevedo locked his legs around Aldo in a body triangle. Aldo controlled Azevedo's hands for several seconds before falling back into the corner of the ring, where Azevedo was able to secure the fight-ending

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3:37 into round two. The loss was Aldo's first as a professional.

Rebound

Aldo rebounded in his next fight, returning to featherweight against the then-undefeated Thiago "Minu" Meller at Gold Fighters Championship I on 20 May 2006, winning a unanimous decision in a very close fight. Round one could have gone either way, with Aldo getting two takedowns (both times getting into half-guard) and cutting Meller's right eyebrow with a left hand. Meller went for two armbars, nearly hyper-extending Aldo's right arm in the first attempt before Aldo was able to escape. Aldo won a lackluster round two, again taking Meller down and landing some hammer fists. A seemingly exhausted Aldo stalled against the ropes much of the third round, holding Meller in the clinch. Both landed some solid strikes in the few exchanges there were in the round.

Pancrase

In his last bout before joining the WEC, Aldo fought

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veteran Shoji Maruyama in the Pancrase 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals. Aldo won a unanimous decision, dominating Maruyama standing and on the ground. In the first exchange, Aldo landed a front kick to Maruyama's body, sending him to the canvas. He was able to land the cleaner shots in exchanges, where he connected with leg kicks and knees while in the clinch. He took Maruyama down almost at will with trips and body-locks; whereas Maruyama failed in all his attempts to get Aldo to the mat. On the ground, Aldo was able to get side control as well as top and back mount.

World Extreme Cagefighting

Aldo made his debut for mixed martial arts promoter

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on 1 June 2008, at the Arco Arena in

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. In his debut with the organization he defeated renowned fighter

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. Aldo won his fight on 7 June 2009, at

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against

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via double

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eight seconds into the first round. Aldo won the

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against Mike Brown o
November 18, 2009
at

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. He won by TKO in the second round. He was able to get Brown in the

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, where he landed a barrage of punches, ending the fight at 1:20 of the round. José Aldo was the recipient of Fighter of the Year accolades for 2009 from both

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and Sherdog.com. Aldo faced former titleholder

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on 24 April 2010, at

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. Aldo defeated Faber via unanimous decision (49–45, 49–45, and 50–45). Aldo was able to use effective leg and body kicks (a total of thirty-two) to stifle Faber, sending him to the canvas several times with solid kicks. For the remaining 1:40 of the fourth round, Aldo trapped Faber in the crucifix, peppering him with punches and elbows. Aldo did not engage most of the fifth (although he did land a body shot that nearly crumpled Faber). This was Aldo's first decision win in his WEC career. Aldo defended his title against

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by KO at 1:32 of the second round on 30 September 2010 at

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. Aldo and his camp have often mentioned his desire to eventually make the move up in weight to the lightweight division (155-pound limit). Having rolled through all of his opposition in the WEC featherweight class, the UFC offered Aldo a fight against

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, who has challenged for the UFC lightweight title. Aldo and his camp declined the fight, instead deciding to remain at featherweight for the time being to defend his WEC belt.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On 28 October 2010,

merged with the

. As part of the merger, all WEC fighters were transferred to the UFC. Aldo became the inaugural

, receiving the first ever UFC featherweight title belt on Saturday, 20 November 2010 at

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. His first defense was set to take place at

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against

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. Aldo was forced to withdraw from

after suffering a neck injury.

UFC Featherweight Champion

Aldo made his first title defense against

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on 30 April 2011, at

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by defeating the Canadian by a unanimous decision in a bout that earned ''Fight of the Night'' honors. Aldo had his second title defense against

on 8 October 2011, at

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, where he won by unanimous decision. Aldo next faced

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on 14 January 2012, at

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, Aldo won via KO in the final second of the first round. His post-fight celebration, where he sprinted out of the cage and into the crowd at the

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in Rio, is regarded as one of his most iconic moments as champion. After a series of injuries and opponent change-ups, Aldo faced former

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. Aldo retained his belt via unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, and 48–47). The performance earned both participants ''Fight of the Night'' honors. This performance resulted in Aldo setting the record for most championship bouts, including his original title plus three defences. Aldo was expected to face

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on 3 August 2013, at

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. However, in mid-June Pettis pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Chan Sung Jung. Aldo defeated Jung via fourth-round TKO, finishing Jung with a flurry of strikes after Jung suffered a dislocated shoulder while throwing an overhand right. On 1 February 2014, at

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Aldo defended his title by defeating

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by unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, and 49–46). Aldo again was in talks to fight Pettis after defending his title against Lamas. At the post-fight press conference, Aldo expressed interest to move up and fight Pettis at 155 lbs. However, those plans were quickly refuted as Pettis was selected to serve as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 20. A rematch with

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from the ...

was expected to take place on 2 August 2014, in the event headliner at

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. However, in early July, Aldo pulled out of the bout with an injury. The rematch with Mendes was subsequently rescheduled and took place for 25 October 2014 at

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. Despite getting dropped in the first round and being rocked in the third, Aldo scored two knockdowns of his own, one in the first and the other in the third and also rocked Mendes throughout the fight, winning four of the five rounds in the eyes of the judges thus taking the fight by unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, and 49–46). The win also earned him his third ''Fight of the Night'' bonus award, and was selected Fight of the Year by multiple MMA outlets. José Aldo vs

Losing the belt and further title fights

Aldo was scheduled to face

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on 11 July 2015, at

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. On 30 June, Aldo pulled out of the fight, citing a rib injury which makes him unable to fight.

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from the ...

took his place and was defeated by McGregor for an interim title. Aldo faced McGregor in a title unification match on 12 December 2015, at

. He lost the fight via knockout 13 seconds into the first round, resulting in his first defeat in over ten years and his first ever loss at featherweight, ending a 15 fight win streak in the division. Aldo faced

in a rematch on 9 July 2016, at UFC 200 for the interim

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. Aldo won the fight by unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, and 48–47). On 26 November 2016, reigning

was stripped of the title after winning the

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, having never defended the Featherweight belt since he won it in December 2015. As a result, Aldo was promoted to Featherweight Champion. Aldo faced interim featherweight champion

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in a title unification bout on 3 June 2017, in the main event at

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. After winning the first two rounds on all three judges scorecards, he lost the fight by TKO in the third round. Despite the loss, the fight earned Aldo his fourth ''Fight of the Night'' bonus award. This was Aldo's 3rd loss in his 29 fight career. Aldo was scheduled to face

on 16 December 2017, at UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos. However, Aldo was pulled from the bout in favour of a rematch with Holloway two weeks earlier at

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, replacing an injured

. Similarly to the first fight, Aldo found success in the opening rounds before slowing down and losing the fight via TKO in the third round. Aldo faced Jeremy Stephens at

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on 28 July 2018. The fight was Aldo's first non-title (three round) fight in over nine years. Aldo won the fight by TKO after a left hook to the body dropped Stephens, and the fight was stopped due to subsequent strikes from Aldo. This win earned him the Performance of the Night award. Aldo faced

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on 2 February 2019 in the co-main event at

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. He won the fight via TKO in the second round. This win earned him the ''Performance of the Night'' award. Aldo faced

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on 11 May 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Aldo lost the fight via unanimous decision. On 24 June 2019, it was announced that Aldo had signed a new exclusive eight-fight contract with the UFC prior to his bout with Volkanovski. This marked a major deviation from Aldo's previous firm stance on retiring by the end of 2019, in which he stated "I had already planned to stop when I was 30 years old and begin something else. I'm at a point where I have to make a decision, and nothing is going to change my mind. Martial arts is always going to be a part of my life, but everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And I see this coming to an end."

Move to Bantamweight

On 23 October 2019, it was announced that Aldo would be moving down to the

division. He faced

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on 14 December 2019. He lost the largely contested bout via split decision. Aldo was expected to face UFC Bantamweight Champion

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on 9 May 2020 at then UFC 250. However, Aldo pulled out on 8 April due to visa issues as the event was expected to be moved to the United States due to the

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. Following Cejudo's title defense against

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, Cejudo announced he would be retiring from active mixed martial arts competition and he vacated the UFC bantamweight championship. The UFC then announced that Aldo would be facing

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on 12 July 2020, for the vacant bantamweight title. Aldo lost the bout via technical knockout in round five. Aldo faced

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on 19 December 2020 at

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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Aldo faced

Pedro Munhoz Pedro Munhozhttp://boxing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/boxingnvgov/content/results/2014_Results/02-22-14MMA.pdf (born September 7, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Champion ...

on 7 August 2021 at UFC 265. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Aldo faced

Rob Font Rob Font (born June 25, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, Font formerly competed for CES M ...

in the main event of

UFC on ESPN 31 ''UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 31'' and ''UFC Vegas 44'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 4, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevad ...

on 4 December 2021. After nearly finishing Font with punches multiple times, Aldo won the fight via unanimous decision. Aldo faced

Merab Dvalishvili Merab Dvalishvili (born January 10, 1991) is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of March 13, 2023, he is #1 in the UFC bantamweight ra ...

on August 20, 2022 at

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. He lost the bout via unanimous decision.

Retirement

On September 18, 2022, the same day as the birth of his son, it was announced that Aldo had retired from MMA with one fight remaining on his UFC contract. Despite the initial reports, Aldo remains under contract with the UFC but was granted a permission to pursue opportunities in other sports.

Fighting style

Aldo is known primarily for his Muay Thai style striking and leg kicks, coupled with defensive wrestling. Aldo also holds a black belt in Brazilian native Catch wrestling style

Luta livre Luta Livre (, lit. ''freestyle fighting''), known in Brazil as Luta Livre Brasileira (lit. ''Brazilian freestyle fighting'') or Luta Livre Submission, and also Brazilian Submission Wrestling, is a Brazilian martial arts and combat sport created ...

and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. He has also trained Muay Thai with Dutch shootboxer

Andy Souwer Andy Souwer (born 9 November 1982) is a Dutch former welterweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a two-time K-1 World MAX champion (2005, 2007) and four-time Shootboxing World tournament champion as well as former It's Showtime 70MA ...

since his fight with

. On 28 September 2014, at Nova União, under the tutelage of Mestre

Roberto Leitão Roberto Cláudio das Neves Leitão (15 May 1937 – 28 November 2020) was a Brazilian martial artist in Luta Livre, or Brazilian Catch Wrestling. He was a 4th degree blackbelt in Judo, while also having 60 years in Luta Livre. He dedicated himself ...

(10th Dan), Daniel F. A. Malvino "Pirata" (1st Dan),

Marco Ruas Marco Antônio de Lima Ruas (; born 23 January 1961) is a Brazilian former mixed martial arts fighter, Submission Wrestler, Kickboxer and instructor. Ruas was the UFC 7 Tournament Champion, and also competed for the World Vale Tudo Championsh ...

(7th Dan) and Daniel D'dane (4th Dan), Aldo was awarded his black belt in

Luta Livre Luta Livre (, lit. ''freestyle fighting''), known in Brazil as Luta Livre Brasileira (lit. ''Brazilian freestyle fighting'') or Luta Livre Submission, and also Brazilian Submission Wrestling, is a Brazilian martial arts and combat sport created ...

. His Luta Livre instructor lineage is as follows: Roberto Leitão Sr. → João Ricardo N. de Almeida →

→ José Aldo. Aldo has the most wins and knockouts in UFC and WEC featherweight history; he has landed a total of 691 significant strikes in the UFC and the WEC.

Personal life

Aldo was poor growing up and often went on days with little to no food. WEC general manager Reed Harris states, "They were telling me that

Wagnney Fabiano Wagnney Silva Fabiano-Santos (born July 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is best known for fighting in the WEC, as well as for the Toronto Dragons of the International Fight League and is the former IFL Featherweight Champion. ...

would be at the gym, and José would show up, and Wagnney would say, 'Have you eaten today or yesterday?' If not, they would go get him some food. That's how poor he was." When asked in an interview with WEC what his motivation is, Aldo replied, "My personal desires. My dream, my goal is to own my own house. This dream motivates me more and more as I get closer to fulfilling it." The Brazilian film '' Mais Forte que o Mundo'' was based on his early life. Aldo is married to Vivianne Perreira, who has a

purple belt Purple Belt may refer to the following: *Purple belt, a rank in martial arts (see Kyū) **Purple belt (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), a level in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system *A road in the Allegheny County belt system The Allegheny County Belt S ...

in jiu-jitsu and has fought twice professionally in Muay Thai. Their daughter was born in 2012. On September 18, 2022, Vivianne gave birth to the couple's first son. Aldo is an avid football fan and supports Clube de Regatas do Flamengo and

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club

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Instructor lineage

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Mitsuyo Maeda →

Carlos Gracie Carlos Gracie (September 14, 1902October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian martial artist who is credited with being one of the primary developers of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie and fellow students Luis França an ...

→

Carlson Gracie Carlson Gracie (August 13, 1932 – February 1, 2006) was a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A member of the Gracie family, he was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, and nephew to Hélio Gracie, founders of Gracie jiu-jitsu. Carlson Gr ...

→

André Pederneiras Carlos André Pederneiras de Castro (born March 22, 1967) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and Mixed martial arts (MMA) coach and promoter. A former BJJ competitor, holding today a Red and Black 7th Degree Coral belt, Pederneiras is a 6 x Brazili ...

→ José Aldo

Luta Livre

Euclydes Hatem →

→ João Ricardo N. de Almeida →

→ José Aldo

Muay Thai

Nélio "Naja" Borges → Luiz Alves →

→

Pedro Rizzo Pedro Augusto Rizzo (; born 3 May 1974) is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed for the UFC, PRIDE, M-1 Global, and Affliction. Although he never captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Rizzo competed for i ...

→ José Aldo

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(Two times, inaugural) ***Seven successful title defenses (first reign) **Interim

(One time) **Most successful title defenses in UFC featherweight history (7) **Most consecutive title defenses in UFC featherweight history (7) ** Fight of the Night (Four times) vs.

Chad Mendes Chad Edward Mendes (born May 1, 1985)Archived
from the ...

, and

** Performance of the Night (Two times) vs. Jeremy Stephens and

** WEC Featherweight Champion (One time; final) ***Two successful title defenses **Youngest champion in WEC history () ** Knockout of the Night (Three times) vs.

Rolando Perez Rolando Perez is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in Bellator's bantamweight division. He has also formerly competed for World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce. Mixed martial arts career Early career Perez started ...

, and Mike Brown **Most consecutive wins in WEC history (Eight) *

** 2009 Fighter of the Year **2010 All-Violence Second Team **Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame **2021 Comeback Fighter of the Year *

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**2010 Charles "Mask" Lewis Fighter of the Year **2014 Fight of the Year vs.

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from the ...

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** 2014 Fight of the Year vs.

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from the ...

*BloodyElbow.com **2014 Fight of the Year vs.

Chad Mendes Chad Edward Mendes (born May 1, 1985)Archived
from the ...

* MMAJunkie.com **2014 Fight of the Year vs.

Chad Mendes Chad Edward Mendes (born May 1, 1985)Archived
from the ...

**2014 October Fight of the Month vs.

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from the ...

*''

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'' ** Feud of the Year (2015) vs.

Grappling credentials

* CBJJ World Championships **2001 World Championship Bronze Medalist (blue belt) * CBJJ Brazilian Championships **2003 Brazilian National Champion (purple belt) *CBJJO Copa Del Mundo **2004 World Cup Champion (brown belt)

Mixed martial arts record

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Pay-per-view bouts

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, Aldo vs. Edgar , 2 February 2013 ,

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, Aldo vs. Korean Zombie , 3 August 2013 ,

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldo, Jose 1986 births Living people Brazilian male mixed martial artists Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian capoeira practitioners Brazilian Muay Thai practitioners Brazilian catch wrestlers Lightweight mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Mixed martial artists utilizing capoeira Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai Mixed martial artists utilizing catch wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing Luta Livre Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople World Extreme Cagefighting champions People from Manaus Brazilian people of African descent Brazilian people of indigenous peoples descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters Ultimate Fighting Championship champions People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Background

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Loss to Azevedo

Rebound

Pancrase

World Extreme Cagefighting

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC Featherweight Champion

Losing the belt and further title fights

Move to Bantamweight

Retirement

Fighting style

Personal life

Instructor lineage

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Luta Livre

Muay Thai

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Grappling credentials

Mixed martial arts record

Pay-per-view bouts

See also

References

External links